[Telepathic Intruder]

Refer to post #11. E=½mv². That's just the rule for kinetic energy. If you throw a baseball twice as fast, it has four times the energy. I don't know why, exactly.

[Jim W N]

That’s my question: why?

[Gideon7]

E=½mv2. That's just the rule for kinetic energy. If you throw a baseball twice as fast, it has four times the energy.

This is why high speed car accidents are so devastating.